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Covers more than 300 historic processors with information and photos. Also features a discussion forum.

Site dedicated to collecting, restoring, and simply playing with old computers.

Museum of classic computers and consoles.

The history of the PC, from Microsoft's perspective.

Dedicated to old PC gaming-related nostalgia and resources. Some amazing stories here!

Scans of hardware and software ads from back in the day.

Great site covering audio hardware in many classic consoles and computers. MP3 music samples for a few systems.

Small museum of classic sound cards for IBM PCs.

Awesome site covering PC sound from the original speaker to the GUS PnP. Many photos and OGG/MP3 music samples.

Complete annotated disassembly of Altair BASIC. Discover how to fit a BASIC intepreter in 4K with room to spare.

Books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers.

HTML archive of classic computer magazines, including STart, Compute! and Whiz Kids.

Technical evolution of computers, along with personal stories.

Pinouts and hardware mods for classic consoles.

Loads of information, documentation, software, books, and more for the TRS-80.

Great site dedicated to all aspects of retro computing, collecting and gaming. Emulators and ROMs for many classic systems.

Disk images of many popular Amiga demos, making them easier to run under emulators like UAE.

Vintage new and used computer hardware for PC-XT, AT and PS/2 computers. (Expensive, so check eBay first.)

Vintage Apple and PC parts. Pricey, but you aren't going to find a 386 motherboard on NewEgg...

Pre-owned, off-lease, and surplus technology assets. Some vintage, some junk.

Best place to look for vintage computer hardware bargains. Also check the general "Computers & Networking" category; many sellers don't realize they are selling vintage parts.

Screenshots, descriptions, and downloads of all your favorite DOS games.

Community site with huge collection of DOS games.

Excellent Commander Keen fan site with level maps for all episodes.

Over 400 freeware and shareware DOS games.

Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of underrated PC games, including abandoned and indie titles.

Huge database of video games and their creators, from 1977 to the present.

Official FAQ of Apogee and its spin-off brands such as 3D Realms and Pinball Wizards. Information and cheats for all the classic Apogee games!

Over 5000 scanned video game manuals, magazines, maps and posters.

Information and screenshots of classic console and PC games.

Master list of active and updated abandonware sites.

Large collection of abandonware downloads, including operating systems, compilers, office suites, and utilities.

Detailed documentation and photographs of all the original Sierra software.

Forum dedicated to running Very Old Games On New Systems.

MS-DOS emulation of the Chip-8 System, a simple interpreter for a 4k virtual machine around in the 70's and 80's on 1802 processor based machines.

Free, open-source, multi-platform DOS emulator. Runs many classic DOS games well, with SVGA and SB/GUS support.

Glide emulation for DOS (under Windows). Supports Tomb Raider, Descent II, Blood, Screamer 2, and more.

Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, currently supporting over 5400 ROMs.

Small collection of drivers and emulators to enhance DOS compatibility under Windows NT/2K/XP.

IBM PC 5150 emulator.

Universal VESA 1.2 driver for Windows 2K/XP.

Collection of Tandy emulators.

Windows port of the UAE Amiga Emulator.

Emulators for every system imaginable.